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\VILLIAM ARCI-IIBALD LESLIE HAMMERSLEY, OF LEEK, COUNTY OF STAF- FORD, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR FULLING, WASHING, SCOURING, CLEANING, AND BEETLING YARNS AND TEXTILE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,810, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed June 20, 1889. Serial No. 314,990. (No model.) Patented in England November 5, 1887, No. 15,097.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

,of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in machines for fulling, washing, beating, and softening yarns and textile fabrics; and the object is to produce a machine or apparatus for fulling, washing, scouring, cleaning, beating, softening, and beetling yarns and textile fabrics, either in the hank or in the piece, and effectually removing all creases and dirt, and at the same time subjecting them to streams of water or other liquids adapted for the purpose. Another object is to prevent any undue strain upon the fabrics during the fulling or beetling operation, and,finally, to thoroughly cleanse or scour the fabrics by water or liquids under pressure.

' To this end my invention consists of a rectangular frame, in which a series of beaters receiving a rocking motion are arranged on transverse shafts, operated by gearing in such manner as to strike against stationary buffers secured to the sides of the frame. The bufiers are placed at an angle to obviate any undue strain upon the yarn or other fabrics.

It also consists in arranging suitable perforated pipes in close proximity to the fabrics, so that water under pressure may be sprayed against them for cleansing purposes; and it consists in the construction of certain details and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters indicate similar parts in the different figures of I the drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the machine partly broken away. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view or plan of the same.

Inthe drawings, A represents a suitable 0 connected by cross-belts with the intermediate shafts for driving the heaters, &c. On the lower rail a of the frame are arranged the rocking shafts D in bearings cl. The shafts D carry at their extremities the vertical carriers or arms 0, on which the rocking beaters E are affixed, for beating or beetling the hanks of fabric under treatment, and said beaters serve to beat the fabrics, passing over the surface of the permanent or stationary buffers H, arranged at an angle of five degrees. This is of the highest importance, as it obviates any undue strain upon the fabrics while being manipulated. For instance, delicate or fine strands of silk fibers would be broken, causing serious loss and expense.

Tc'the rocking shaft D thelever-arms (l are attached, and moved to and fro by means of arod f and eccentric F on the intermediate shafts g, revolving in suitable bearings g. The shafts g, carrying the fly-wheels g are driven by belts t and tight and loose pulleys i from the pulleys c on the main drivingshafts O.

The letters 9 indicate the handles of beltshifting devices (not shown) of any wellknown construction, which may serve to shift the belts i from one pulley to the other, as de-- sired.

On the sides of the frame A and opposite each of the beatersE are affixed the brackets 71 for supporting the stationary buffers H, placed, as stated above, at an angle of five degrees with a vertical line. The buffers and heaters are made of wood or other suitable materials and of any width to suit the fabrics under treatment, and if necessary they may be covered with sheet-copper or other facing capable of withstanding the expansion and contraction from heat and moisture. Attached to the shafts g is the beveled wheel j, gearing with the bevel-wheel 3' on the inclined shaft is, having at its otherend the worm is, meshing with the wheel Z on the transverse shaft 1, working in bearings 1 This shaft overhangs the sides of the frame and carries at each of its extremities a reel G of any desired size or width, and consists of a series of wooden or metal bars secured to heads at each end. These reels are designed for carrying the hanks of yarn and keep them continually moving between the two surfaces of the heaters and buffers, as, shown by the dotted lines and marked 0.

To keep the hanks 0 straight or expanded, a loose roller n below the reels is placed on a stud 41., carried by a bracket 02. in a slot 1) in the frame sides and made adjustable by a nut and bolt to suit diiferentlengths of hanks. For washing the fabrics so mounted, a pipe with taps and extending the Whole length of the frame supplies water or other liquid under pressure, and is provided with branches 4', Fig. 1, having small perforations and regulated by a three-way cock to vary the jets of water, as desired. In this manner the fabrics are thoroughly impregnated while undergoing the beating process, and thus cleansed of all dirt; or otherwise the requisite liquid is fed to the fabrics.

To protect the fabric and prevent it from getting entangled in the various pedestals, one or more brass rodssare attached to the whole length of the frame.

The openings in the frame-sides and the bearings can be protected against wet or dirt in any manner.

Reversing motion for working of the fabrics in opposite directions is obtained by means of a cross-belt working on the main line in the ordinary manner. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of a frame having brackets for a main shaft Cand pulleys with cross-belts for operating transverse shafts g, provided with eccentrics moving the rocking heaters against stationary buffers, and the reels for carrying the hanks, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The stationary bu ffers having their faces placed at an angle of five degrees and the rocking heaters operated by eccentrics and rods, in combination with a series of reels placed on the ends of transverse shafts and operated by worms and wheels, all arranged as set forth.

3. The combination of rocking beaters and- 55 stationary buffers with reels carrying the hanks between said heaters and buffers, and the perforated branch pipes connected to a main water-pipe for conveying water to said hanks, arranged as and for the purpose specified.

4E. The frame A, carrying a series of rocking beaters E, stationary buifers H, and reels G, for carrying the hanks passing over loose rollers 72, in combination with the gearing herein described and the perforated branch pipes, all as and for the purposes set forth.

Iaffix my signature to the foregoing specification.

WILLIAM ARCHIBALI) LESLIE HAMMERSLEY.

. Witnesses:

JOHN G. WILSON, EDMUND WILsoN. 

